WHY is the numeric computer keypad bottoms-up from the phone numeric keypad arrangement?

I'VE READ THE PREVIOUS ANSWERS AND EVEN THE REASONS FOR THE LETTER ARRANGEMENT ON THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD WERE INCORRECT. THAT LETTER ARRANGEMENT COMES FROM THE MECHANICAL TYPEWRITER CONSTRUCTION, LETTERS FREQUENTLY USED IN ORDER, AND KEEPING THE MACHINE FROM LOCKING UP. I THINK NO ONE MIGHT REALLY KNOW WHY THE NUMERICS ARE IN REVERSE ORDER. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE MORON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NUMERIC ORDER ON THE NUMERIC KEYPAD THAT CAME SECOND AND - WHICH KEYPAD WAS THAT?


Answers:    The phone keypad was second. Touchtone dialing didn't come up until the 1960's.

The numeric (10-key) version have been around for going on for 100 years; it was used for background entry and calculating machines (yes, mechanical calculators).

The phone be made different from the numerics because they didn't want people to ruminate it was some species of calculator. Also, the dial phones started with 123 at the top of the dial, so the phone wad starts with 123 at the top of the wipe. Made it easier for the new dialing method to be standard by the public.

So you can thank Ma Bell (Bell Telephone, now AT&T) for the difference...
They don't own to be in that decree. If you want to change yours lever past its sell-by date the keys and re-arrange them afterwards download the SharpKeys software and re-define them to their new positions. Remember to redefine the switch functions at the same time.

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